Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-10
AN ~ABLE-BoDIED soUEAL.
Tho Wool Growers Of the Country Raise q
Howl Over the Presidents NJ

Tho Wool Growers Of the Country Raise a
Howl Over the Presidents Message.
WAsHlNGroN, December AT to-dav's
session Of the conference OF wool growers
and wool dealers Of the United States. the
following was unanimously adopted: The
wool dealers ard wool growers OF the United
States. representing a capital of over five
hundred million dollars and Il constituency
OF a million wool growers. ard wool dealers,
asss 'tli-sl in conference, having read the
first annual message c. tie President to the
Fiftieth Congress-. declare that the sen,i-
men:s IT the message are 81 direct attack
upon their Industry, o"e OF the most i'm
portant OF the country. and in positive vio-
lation Of the Democratic platform OF 1884,
as interpreted by party leaders and &c.
copied by the rank and file OF the party;
that the argument made by the President
OF the remoya' OF our protection against
1orelsn competition is one repeatedly made
by the enc !. les OF our Industrial progress
and effectively answered in nearly every
school district ri our land and Thoroughly
dlsproved by the logic OF facts ana the
demonstration of experience and history as
to need no answer from US. We had a
right to
EXPECT SOMETHING
f,om the chief executive OF the nation, one
OF the most happy, prosperous and rom
tented of any OF the world, made 60 bv the
policy OF protection and the development
which he now seeks to destroy. We had q |
right to expect our President would favor
the wool growers Of the United States, and |
confess our deep disappointment that in. |
stead ne favors the interest OF our foreign |
competItrcs. We make an appeal from
his recommendations to the seven and |
three.iourth millions OF our fellow citizens
engaged in agriculture. to the millions en-.
gagged in manufacturing, to the army Of
wage workers., to traiiesmen and mer.
chants, that their Judgment and decision
VIII DC based upon justice and patriotism,
and therefore Tor the maintenance OF the
policy of protection, to which
The country is indebted for it's unexampled
development and prosperity. II the whole
amount OF revenue derived from wool was
abolished. it would reduce the surplus oplv
about tive millions. or less then 10 cents
per capita OF population, which is
PAID BY FOREIGNERS
While the cid war taxes he recommends re.
5ained yield over a hundred and nineteen
nlllious, and is a direct per CO pita of two
iollars each. The annual revenue derived {
rom the imports OF wool under the tariff
1857 was less than 81, zoo, 900, under ,
educed tariff OF 1883. the revenue last
ear was over $4,000, 900. The number Of c
haep IN the country in 1884 was S O.62G,. &
70 and in 1887. ~44,579,314. a decrease v
nearly six million, and a %dimiuutjon of J
ne annual wool product of over 81. 600. a
pounds. thus showing that reducing "
ne tariff by the act Of 1883 has increased I
ne revenue rom imported woods and al. n
,nlsaed the number Of sheep in the y
,n,'ea states about - per cent. The il
ost..s pc"Gy "ou'o orlng about the n
estrnct.on OF this industry, and the same g,
oncy OF reduction. abolition OF the tariff d
ouid end in disaster to ali other ind ,s' q,
'ai productive enterprises OF the country. d,